I wish I could go on a road trip across the country without fearing I could get killed in a red state and have the murderer get away with it because I’m trans. We can’t have nice things thanks to transphobes. #uspolitics#usa#trans#transphobia#transrights#transgender
93% of trans people have experienced transphobic abuse online. This abuse results in anxiety, depression and fear. Galop Online Hate Crime Report, 2020.
It might seem like creating positive change for trans people is an enormous task or that you need to be an expert or hold some sort of political power to be able to bring change about. Our website is full of actions you can take to help change trans people lives: https://www.transactual.org.uk/change-actions
The fight for #TransRights isn't just about trans individuals; it's about all of us. We cannot remain silent while our fellow human beings suffer at the hands of hate, fear, & oppression
The writing is on the wall, & if we don't act now to protect trans individuals, we all suffer the consequences
We cannot turn a blind eye to the very real threats to our fellow human beings#equity, #dignity, & #humanity
Only in Republican world can a man assault a reporter, get convicted, and go on to be governor yet a woman named Zooey Zephyr can be a threat to a roomful of men just by talking and end up thrown out of the legislature.
So tired of these people with mouths full of scripture but hearts full of hate.
And when these people's kids and friends kill themselves, or are killed by someone else, they'll realize they never went far enough. if you think you don't know any trans/non-binary people, you're living under the same rock people were in 1985. Please get out from under the rock and save lives. #transrights
Recently, I had a long talk with a #trans youth about a number of topics and I came away very concerned.
The worst realization was that the level of suicidal ideation in the youth trans community is far worse than it's ever been.
We have to reverse this trend!
If you know a trans youth, please talk with them. Offer support and hope. Young people often don't have the tools to cope with this level of vitriol and can't see a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
It's Throwback Thursday! Billy Tipton was a saxophonist and pianist who was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. When he died in 1989, people found out that he was trans. Trans people have always been part of our communities.
I appreciate that my fellow trans + GNC siblings are noticing and caring about the plight of Rep Zooey Zephyr but this is a reminder that American conservatives thrive on picking on a minority and using them to scare their base and get them into a frenzy of hatred. Please remember that this is done to other minorities all the time. Remember that the conservatives have no ideology other than hatred, so check yourself when judging others #transrights#Intersectionality#blacklivesmatter
https://youtu.be/YL4bXlLcNGk So the fückin monsters over at Shitter are enthusiastically calling for the public execution of trans people, teachers, parents & doctors.
If supporting mass, public genocide isn't enough for you to leave a platform then guess what? You're supporting it.
I know it's a privilege to be able to quit Twitter, but if you can, you absolutely should. Once a platform legitimizes people calling for mass murder of groups, you know it's gone. Anti-fascism is the correct position to hold. Hate speech isn't free speech.
"A new report has found trans women do not have any advantages over any other women, when competing in elite sport, if existing rules are followed...
The new report is an in-depth review of all scientific literature published between 2011 and 2021 in English regarding trans women and their participation in elite-level sports.
These studies show there is little evidence to show that factors relating to male puberty – such as lung size and bone density – produce an advantage for trans athletes."
This meta analysis demonstrates what I said the last time I posted about trans women in sports: while trans women may have some small residual advantages over cis women in specific biomechanical categories like grip strength, sports depends on innumerable factors, so it's really impossible to say if those rather limited advantages translate into actual overall advantage. Moreover, all actual direct studies of trans women's performance in sports — including the experience that we've had letting trans women compete in the Olympics for about 20 years — have shown that those limited granular advantages don't translate into actual advantages in the sports themselves.
Today is the start of Lesbian Visibility Week. TransActual would like to share our support and love to trans lesbians and cis lesbian allies!
In the current media climate it can feel like trans people and lesbians are being divided, but recent research by Just Like Us has found that lesbians are the most likely of the whole LGBTQ+ community to be supportive of trans people!
considering trying to sell a bunch of trans rights! skeleton prints (pictured) [/patches/greeting cards/what have you] to fundraise for a cause related to current anti-trans legislation - might be gofundmes for moving expenses, might be legislative efforts* - would anyone be interested? Or have specific causes to suggest? I was thinking $5/print and all of that will be donated.
*If I can find a 501c3 org I can even get potential employer matching for the donation
I just watched a video of a Black FL Republican Rep Barnaby describing trans folks as 'mutants.' And now I want Rep Barnaby to suffer some consequences.
Barnaby is the kind of man I grew up with in the church and when I encounter men like him, it makes me want to grrrrrrrr. 🖐🏾 💥 🖐🏾 💥 🖐🏾 💥
But I hope our community is beginning to understand that the fight for trans visibility & rights isn't a Those People fight. As in, 'oh, this is just for those people.'
Uh-uh.
Or do we not want to talk about the rising murders of our Black trans sisters over the past several years - deaths at the hands of folks in our community.
I don't know who needs to hear it but the fight for Black liberation & life includes liberation & life for Black trans folx.
I want to tell parents of trans kids under attack in the red states something:
This is simply horrifying. Like you, we can't understand how any politicians could stoop so low as to attack the most vulnerable among us.
You are strong, and we will fight for and beside you. And though we may lose these initial battles, your love and strength will help win this in the end. I know that to be true.
@georgetakei Montana GOP refused to let trans Representative Zooey Zephyr speak yesterday. She stood silently holding her mic. Her supporters chanted "Let Her Speak."